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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 771 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  10. 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) caption close to photo
  11. 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  15. 15.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  21. 21.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  27. 27.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  38. 38.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  39. 39.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal

Answer key

  1. True
  2. alignment
  3. hierarchy
  4. True
  5. a bright button on grey
  6. True
  7. alignment
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. contrast
  10. both halves feel equal
  11. alignment
  12. caption close to photo
  13. contrast
  14. one border on all pages
  15. True
  16. contrast
  17. left edges lined up
  18. False
  19. False
  20. hierarchy
  21. False
  22. repetition
  23. repetition
  24. one border on all pages
  25. repeated bullet icons
  26. proximity
  27. False
  28. contact details together
  29. balance
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. hierarchy
  34. a centred, even layout
  35. proximity
  36. False
  37. balance
  38. proximity
  39. False
  40. captions on a grid

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